Protect
Your Children Online
 Worried
about your children's safety while
they are online? Here are some frightening
statistics about children's exposure
to illicit material:
- 1
in 4 youth have unwanted exposure
to inapprpriate pictures each
year
(The Internet Keep Safe Coalition)
- Nine of 10 kids aged 8-16 have viewed
pornography on the Internet, often
in the process of doing homework (London
School of Economics January 2002 )
- One in five children ages 10-17 have
received a sexual solicitation over
the Internet (Online Victimization:
A Report on the Nation's Youth)
- "Cyber-sex reinforces and normalizes
sexual disorders" (Robert Weiss,
Sexual Recovery Institute)
One
way to keep children safe is to use
content filtering
software that allows you to control
(i.e.,
filter) what they can and cannot
see (i.e., content) while they are
online.
 By
installing content filtering software
on your computer, you can block out
specific websites (like www.MySpace.com)
or entire categories of websites (such
as Pornography or Gambling) from being
accessed. The software developers regularly
index the content of websites out on
the internet. The content filtering
software is then updated insuring that
new websites
of questionable
content
will be filtered out.
The
only way to access blocked websites
is by entering the administrator
password that you create when installing
the software. Many
content filtering products also allow
you to run reports on where your children
are going when they are online.
Content
filtering software for home use can
be very inexpensive. K9 Web
Protection is a free
content filtering software package that
allows you
to
filter internet
content before it gets in front
of
your child's eyes.
To visit K9 Web Protection and
download their free for home
use software,
click here.
Businesses
can expect to spend several hundred
to several thousands
of dollars to implement content filtering
depending on their network configuration
and needs.
For
more information on content filtering
for the business,
please contact Roseville
IT Consulting at (916) 612-7593. We will be more
than happy to provide you with a
quote on content filtering solutions. |
